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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-09-14T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>SA Parole Board</name>
      <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000184">
        <heading>SA Parole Board</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-09-14T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>SA Parole Board</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-09-14T15:06:04+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e">The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:06):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Attorney-General about the Parole Board.</text>
        <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000186">Leave granted.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  I have viewed the list of members of the current Parole Board and noticed the appointment of a new deputy member, Mr Gregory Mornington May, the former Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner.</text>
        <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000188">As I have revealed in this place, but have never received a satisfactory response from the previous Attorney-General, the Full Court found on 10 August 2017 in Viscariello v Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner (2017) SASCFC 98 that Mr May had breached section 17 of the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act on multiple occasions. One breach carries a significant financial penalty and a jail term. In doing so, Mr May was also in breach of the Public Sector's Code of Ethics and conduct. My questions to the Attorney-General are:</text>
        <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000189">1.&amp;#x9;Can he come back to the chamber and tell us if Mr May was ever investigated for those breaches, and what determination, if any, was made?</text>
        <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000190">2.&amp;#x9;Was the Attorney-General aware of these breaches revealed in the Full Court judgement, and is he concerned about them?</text>
        <text id="20230914ae28264acb4746bca0000191">3.&amp;#x9;How did Mr May get a paid part-time appointment to a board which determines whether a person who has broken the law and has gone to jail is released on parole?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-09-14T15:07:54+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:07):</by>   I am happy to take that on notice and confer with my colleague the Minister for Corrections, who is responsible for the parole system in South Australia, and bring back a reply for the honourable member.</text>
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